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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-22
Law in ,he Ea., and wes,.

Law LII ShS 6NSA 9AtO WNSoNS
 "I hate to live in new country said Jones, as related by the Salt Lake 7HTbaeae, s'where there Ia no law"
 "Yer bet yer," chimed In Thomp- son. Law is the only thing that keeps us out of everlasting chaos"
 "Yes, indeed" said legal gentle man present, "lt Is the bulwark of the poor mans liherty-the shield which the strong arm of justice throws over to the weak-the solace and the halsam of the unfortunate and wronged-the-"
 70, stop 'er," remarked man with one eye. Il won't have 1t that way. Law is a boss invention for rascals of all grades. Give me a country where there Is no law and can take care of myself every time, Now, for instance, when lived in Ohio got dose of law that | will never forget. was In partnership with a man named Butler, and one morning we found our cashier missing with $3,oo0. He had dragged the safe and put out. We'll, l started after him and caught him in Chicago, where he was splurging around on the money. got him ar rested and there was an examinatio Well, all the facts were brought out, and the defense moved that the case be dismissed, as the prosecution did not make out case in the name of tho firm, and that If there was firm the copartnership had not been shown by any evidence before the court. To my astonishmcnt the court said the plea was 0. K. and dismissed the case. Be- fore could realize what was up tho thief had walked of. Well, l iol- lowed him to St. Louis, and there tackled him again. sent for my part ner and we made complete case, go- ing for him in the name of the Com monwealth and Smith, Butler X Co. Well, the lawyer for the defense claimed that the money, being taken from private drawer in the safe was my money exclusively, and that my partner had nothing to do with 1t that the case should be prosecuted by me individually and not by the firm. The old bloke who sat on the bench wiped his spectacles, grunted around awhile and dismissed the case. Away goes the man again. Then get an- other hitch on him and tried to con vict him of theft, but the court held that he should be charged with em- bezzlcment. Some years after tackled him again and they left him go. Stat utes of limitation, you sec. We'll, concluded to give 1t mp, and l did.
 "But about four years afterwad was in Colorado, and man pointed to another and said; That fellow hns l just made hundred thousand in Il mining swindle' looked and it wa' my old cashier. l followed him to the hotel and nailed him in his room with the money. Now, says, Billy, d, you recognize your old boss?' and of course he did. Says l, Bin, want that three thousand you stole from me with the interest and all legal and travelling expenses 'Ah, you do2 says he; didn't the courts decid, that--'
 :. lt nrse fhn caurfs gava I nuttinu
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
Sergeant McComb Relates HIS
Experience in Illinois.

From the st. Lewis Globe. Democrat.
/ spent the Fourth OF July in apart
of Illinois where the farmers hadn't
any rain for a month and were pray
ing for it TO come. ! was in the house
of one of thesefarmers, a strong beleiv-
er in the efficacy ofprayer, and hetold
me he thought that the Lord was
sending them the drouth to punish
them for their w~ickedness. After din
ner / went out into tine woods andlay
down under a tree. Pretty soon a big
dead limb dropped off q tree close to
my head. / had lived in the country
long enough to know that was a good
sign OF approaching rain. Then, a lit
tie while more l heard a tree-toad
chirp. Rain sign No. 81 Then / heard
a rain-crow cav and ! sat upto listen.
Sign No. 81 Presently l heard a loco
motive whistle and the train rumble
over a track / knew was fifteen miles
away. Sign No. Al
l got up and went into the house
and told my friend that l had been
out praying for rain to come before
night, and added that Twas confident
of getting what | wanted. He looked
at me m%ourniully and said in a hope
less way that he guessed not. 1t was
not for an ~irreligious man from st.
Louis to come out there and outpray
all the good people OF that neighbor-
hood. / took him out III the yard
and showed him the clouds. "Oh,"
said he, with a cheerfulness, "that'n
pass around US. We've had that TO
occur before" But made him make
everything secure and beforelongthere
came along a rain that would have
drowned a man if he had been sout in
it. The farmer was in ecstacies and
would have canonized me If he had
known how. | lett while my laureis
were green, and | suppose my friend
hasen't yet decided whether or not !
possess supernatural powers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
ONE LESS AZ nonr.

Du1 49, 80
Inc charmed circle broken-a dear face
Misseu Gay by day from it's accustomed
place.
Da. e,eansed, and saved, and perfected
by grace!
One more in heaveni
One voice 81 welcome hushed, and ever
One farewell word spoken; on the shore.
Where parting comes not. one soul
landed more
One more 10 heayenl
Snii as the earth-bofn mist the thought
would rise,
ana warp u footsteps round, and dim
our eyes.
but a bright sunbeam darteth from
the skies
One more in heaven
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
Much Mulish Mischief.
rom the Reno Gazette.

From the Keno Gazette.
Talk about mules" said Louie
Deane, the cattleman, to a party OF
friends in Becker's saloon recently,
''puts me in mind of one that was
owned several years ago by Glenn 0gg
That animal knew more than any /
ever saw, and was always up to some
mischief. II he saw a team hitched
up-no difference If the:e were two
animals or twenty animals in 1.-THE
would sneak around until he saw no.
body was looking, and then he would
unloosen the brides oil every one OF
them quicker than a man could, and
off they would come. II he got into a
corral where there were a lot ofhorses
or mules battered, he would turn
every blasted one of them loose and
strut around among them rs though
he were cock of-the- walk. Nothing
but a paddock would prevent his open
ing any stable or corral in Wads-
worth, / actually saw him go one day
to a wagon loaded with barley 10
sacks. He caught a sack in his teeth,
yanked it of, dragged it to a corral
wherein were a lot OF mules, Unmatched
the gate, took the sack inside, chawed
a corner of it and poured the grain
out onto tho ground. AS the animals
gathered around and ate it he walked
of and then viewed them with the
greatest satisfaction. He beat any
animal / ever saw. And, remember,
whatever mischief he did, it was al.
ways to help out his fellow animals"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01


hind him, so as to be able to hear ~.
conversation without joining it unless
! wished. From time to time ] offer
"a a remark, speaking. OF course, in
french, to the man who sat next to
me. u Tor the most part I smoked
my cigar and slipped my coffee in ST.
AS expected, il was moi lop0 he
lore diamonds became the object of
conversation.
don't know much about dia.
monds myself said the American.
speaking IN his native tongue, but
I'm told by good judges that's about
as good astone as you'll see apyyhere
round almost exactly the phrases.
1 said to myself, which the fellow used
10 me at Nicely
You kin take a look at IL, he
AIDED carelessly, drawing off the ring
sna nandine 1t to one OF the group. /
oent forward, go as to see more clear.
~ what was going on. One after an
other the men who were sitting near
examined and admired the ring. The
il. oA az
"a friend l hev at Buenos Ayres
SEMI It to me and l had it cut myself,'
said the American.
AT this point noticed that NV
neighbor had finished his examination
OF the diamond, and l touched him.
intlmatiIg that l too would like to
nave a look at il. He handed it to
me as d matter Of course.
1t WAS iha vary rino whsok LII
exhibited in the same wav at Nice
a the imitation one which had
been palned off upon me ready in mn
nand, and under ~pretense of trying
the effect OF the gem on my finger, /
easily substituted the one for the
other, slipped the false ring on my
nnger, admired it, IS in duty bound.
snd then, pulling it off, handed il
back to my neighbour, who in turn
gave 1T to the American.
II put the real diamond which l
had secured into my pocket, and fin.
ished my coffee hastily, just as Broth.
er Jonathan was making an appoint
ment with a rich young Frenchmau
to meet at the shop of a fashionable
leweler next morning and take his
opinion on the value of the gem.
and since it has taken your fam
cy, said the unsuspicious American,
you shall hev it at the same sum the
leweler offers me for it. 7 can't say
falrer than that, now, can ~
Invent back to the railway station,
got my bag, changed my hat and coat
IN the walting-room, slipped into the
hotel, and next day set off for Cannes.
MY only regret was that l was UNI
able to make a study OF the Ameri
cans face when the Paris jeweler put
a price on his beautiful diamond next
morning"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

The French housekeeper delights in
her aiter-dinner Cigarette" The
sonora of Barcelona loves in the even
ing to wrap her black crepe around
her head and while gently putting her
long tobacco cigarette cast heart
thrilling chances from her balcony
above at the wights below. While the
German frau is 4 fond OF her cigarette
or even cigar, and the Russian wife Is
not behind her in her enjoyment OF
the weed, and even the Japanese,
Chinese, Tartar, Dutch and Soudanese
wives all like to let tobacco smoke
curl from their pretty mouths toward
the sky, the Italian signora is, per-
haps, the most passionately fond OF
the long thin cigar of the country call
cd sfVirpinia." 1t is no uncommon
sight OF a summer evening to see Q
party OF ladies sitting in some cool
Terrace overlooking the sea on the
campaena, while the music OF their
yelyety language keeps tune to the
soft splashing OF the sea against the
rocky shore and sending rings oil
smoke from their fragrant eheroots.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
Redemption oflMutiIased money.

~
A bank president in st. Louis says
Of mutilated money: lam often asked
whether this or that piece of mutilat
ed money is redeemable. It is safe to
say yes, unless the moneys identity
IS entirely gone, that it is redeemable.
10 fact, n may say that money in
the shape OF ashes can be restored. IL
is q fact that after the Chicago fire
ashes were redeemed. 1t came about
in this way: 1t iscustomaryin banks
to do money up in packages, say OF
$4,000 each, and in the big fire of
course hundreds and hundreds ofthese
packages were reduced to ashes. But
the shape OF the packages remained,
and whenever the package could be
sent on to Washington without crum-
bling the ashes the money ives sure to
be replaced. II was done by nimble-
fingered women In the treasury de-
partment whose trained touch and
sight are wonderfully acute. IL is well
known that the ashes of a newspaper
il dampened will show traces oil the
printing. So was it with the bills.
These women would moisten the
package OF apparently useless ashes,
and to their experienced eye the num-
Der and character of the bill would at
once appear as if they had touched it
with q magic wand. So thousands
and thousands OF dollars were re.
deemed by these patient women. A
friend OF mine, q country merchant,
afraid of banks, placed o large sum of
money in bills in a stone jar on a
shell, in his store, where he thought
it would be quite safe. When he went
to look at it one day some time after
it was a mass OF fragments. Mice had
got into the jar and chewed the bills
into the minutest parts. Then they
had mixed them all up, and altogether
it was q tearful-looking mess. He
sent a cigar box full Of 1T to me.
| forwarded it to Washington, and
what do you think? Out Of the ST.
145 originally in the pile a little over
$1,000 was redeemed, the parts be-
yond recall being only mere fibres of
the bills. So theman lost only $l45
by his foolishness. The reclamation
OF such money is done entirely by
women. whose patience especially
hts them for the monotonous work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
rhe Rennl.lte. 81 sehnol.

The requisites OF a first class boarding
school, are OF three kinds, thu material,
the intellectual and the moral, and this is
especially true oil young ladies academies.
In the construction OF the building, care
should be taken to have the rooms well
lighted and well Ventilated, they should be
cheerful apartments in which it Is a pleas
ure to be. The bedrooms should be ms
comfortable and home-like as possible and
the fare should be good, health, food, and
plenty of it. II conveniences such as bath
rooms, hot and cold waterat hand. steam
for heating purposes. and gas for light are
added, the pupil will be in a position to
give the mind entirely to study and an
elaborats and thorough course OF ali the
leading branches can be taken With both
pleasure and profit. Moral training is the
basis OF the school life, and every careful
parent will see to it that his child frequents
only schools where a pure moral atmos-
phere prevails throughout. An institution
that fulflls all these requirements is a
place that is sure to turn out accomplish
upon themselves, their families and their
school, it Ia not extraordinary therefore
to learn that St. Joseph's Academy st.
Foul, is considered e model institution,
one OF the leading educational establish.
ments OF the country, and that IL numbers
among its pupils n graduates mahy OF
the most accomplished ladies in the north
west. Those who have children to place
at boarding school should write at once to
the Mother Superior for. full particulars.
Her address is Mother Superior, st.
Joseph's Academy, st. Paul, MINI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
Where They were Born.

Some timeaster the war Gen. Crit
tenden met three ex1Sonfederate Off
GERS at dinner, and they bec~.S very
friendly.
"Major," said Gen. Crittenden to
one of them, where were you born2"
WELL" said the major, getting a
little red, 81 was born, sir, in Nan.
tucket, Mass, but you see | lived ten
years in the South and I married a
southern lady, and, as all my inter
ests were in the South, Of course
fought for them"
"And where were you born?" he
asked the second.
"Well sir, / was born in Nantucket,
Mass, but I'd lived in the South
twenty years, and of course"
al see," said the general, turning to
the third; colonel, where were you
born?'
81 was born in Nantucket, Mass,
too, but I'd been thirty years in the
South, and"
'That's curious, isn't it?"
Tell me, general" said one ofthem,
"wbere were you born?"
"Well, l was born in Huntwell, Ala,
but | lived IN the North for many
years, and | fought for the Union"
Then they all drank around.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
MARKETS.

CHcAeo;-wheat, No. 2, spring, 7o.c; No. 3.
spring, Csc; No. 2, red. 73te. Corn, No. 2, 37zc,
Oats, No. 2, 26hc. Rye. No. 2, 45c. Barley,
No. 2, 59c. Flax seed, No. /, S1.16, Timothy
seed, prime, 1928. Lard, $685.. Butter,
creamery, 16c TO 2Ic; dairy. 12c to 1sc. Eggs,
IL to 12c.
NEW YoRK.-wheat, No. 2, Milwaukee, SOC.
No. 2, Chicago, s0hc to Sic; ungraded red, 7sc
to S54c; No. 3, red, 79%c; No. 2, red, SEC to S2kc.
Corn, No. 2, S5c; No. 2, white, SOC. Oats, mixed
western, 3Ic; white western, 80 to 43c. Hops,
10 to 22c.
Observation-Disclosures, No. l, hard, 73c; No. I.
Northern, ~: No. 2, Northern, Toe. Corn32 to
35c. Bran. $3.50 to 1915. Shorts, $1,000 TO
$40 20. Oats, % TO 31c, Rye, No. 2, 53c; No.
No. s., Ale. Corn meal, S13. 80 to 400. Bar
ley, 30 20 Acc. Flaxseed, s1.o5. Hay, IS to
50; Timothy, $40 TO Sill.
ST. P1UL:-whea No, !, hard, 73c, No. /.
Northern, ~; No. 2. Northern, Toe. Corn, No.
2, 32hc. Oats, mixed, 29ke; No. 1, white, Bic:
No. 2. white, 29hc. Rye, No. z, 45e: Corn
meal, S14 Bran, sacked, S11.00. Timothy,
hay, S11.0O. Flax seed, S1.o5.
DULUTH:-wheat 75kc.
MMwLUKEE:-wheat, 72gc. Corn, No. 3, 37c.
Oats, No. 2, white, 33c. Bye, No. 1, 55e.
Barley, 62kc. Mess Pork, SI5. Lard, 8
Butter, Dairy, Ia TO 16c. Eggs, 12kc. Cheese,
81 to &C.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
The New French Arm.

New York Evening Post.
The Lebel rifle, the new arm with
which the French infantry will besup-
piled before next Spring, is, according
to ali accounts, a wonder. and sever
al models of the gun which have been
received here have excited great IN
terest. The new rifle is known by the
name of its inventor, Lebel, and is
smaller and lighter than the rifle now
in use; the French soldiers cali it "the
little gun" The most authentic de-
scriptions given to the gun agree in
attributing to it e carrying power be-
yond that OF any rifle heretofore in
use. The models received in New
York are not known to be accurate
copies of the Lebel gun, and expert
ments with them are impossible, ow-
ing to the fact that the powder used
is a secret compound OF which the
French Government has the monopo.
ly.
According to all accounts, the Lebel
gun will carry its bullet more
than q mile and a half and
with a more certain aim than has
been possible with ordinary rifles. The
bore OF the gun is very small and the
ball, which is of steel and sharply
pointed at the eud, is said to revolve
at a speed of a thousand revolutions
a second. In the tests made by the
French Government this bullet has
penetrated a brick wall eight inches
thick at a distance OF 500 yards; it
will go through any kind of armor
which can be worn by soldiers, and at
"a distance of more than a mile will
pass through a man as easily as at
ten PAGES. The gun has no recoil I'M
der fire and the powder gives out no
smoke whatever. 1t has been said
that the powder used must be type Of
sniokeless hunting powder already in
the market, but this is denied by the
inventor, who says that he uses an
entirely new compound. The Lebel
gun is, of course, a repeater, and the
cartridges are so small that each sol
der carries 900 rounds OF ammuni-
tion, as against 116 rounds formerly
considered the maximum.
The French Government snow max
ing these guns at the rate DISCO aday
at Saint Etienne, and is preparing to
turn out double that number. Four
factories, those at Chatellerault, Tulla
and Saint Etienne, will soon be at
work upon them
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
Rough On the Chaplain.

New York Tribune.
General N. p. Banks tells a story
about one of his army chaplains
which never fails to 'bring down" the
G. A. r. camp fires. The chaplains
OF the regiments during the war had
charge OF the mails for the regiments
to which they were attached. The
mail for the regiment OF this particu.
lar chaplain had not come to hand
for many days. The regiment was
out of the line OF communication.
Every day from one-halfto two-thirds
OF the soldier boys filed up to the
chaplain's tent with such stereotyped
inquiries as these:
"Any mail yet, chaplain"
"Have you heard from the mail?"
"Do you know when the mail will
conner"
The good man was so pestered with
Inquiries that he had no time to
prepare his weekly sermon. He was
obliged to spend all his time in
explaining that he had no mail, that
he had heard nothing about the mail
and that he knew nothing about the
mail. 1t occurred TO him that he
might put an end to his troubles by a
sign. Procuring the bottom OF an old
bareback box he markell it with char.
coal and nailed it on g tree in front oil
his tent so that all might see this no.
tice:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

An evening paper says hat Hon. George
Lothrop, United States minister TO Russia,
passed through Geneva on his way to the
United States by way OF Paris. and that
upon his arrival here he win tender his
resignation. The climate DIST. Petersburg
is a trying one, and it is said hat the
minister has recently expressed a strong
disinclination to remain longer in exile.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

How often is the light OF the household
clouded by signs OF melancholy or irrita-
bility on the part OF the ladies. Yet they
are not to be blamed, fer they are the re-
suit OF ailments peculiar to that sex, which
men know not OF. But the cause may be
removed and Joy restored by the use OF
DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
which, as a tonic and neryine for dsbilitat-
ed women, is certain, sale and pleasant.
1t is beyond all compare the great healer
OF women.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

would be q truthful name to give to DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" the
most eficacious medicine yet discovered
arresting the early development OF pull
monary disease. But Consumption cure
would not sufficiently indicate the scope Of
its influence and usefulness. In all the
many diseases which springfrcm a derange.
ment of the liver and blood the Discovery"
is a sale and sure specific. ofall druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

Ihe-titil service commissions has rsceiy.
ed from the secretary Of war requests Tor
to cer~tiieation Of 212 eligibies, ali males
ftcm whom ffty.three selections may be
nfide to al vacancies now existing In his
Office, eighth the 81, 200 grades snd forty
five in the $1,000 grade This is the larg-
mtesion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
or lntei.-,.o e.r.n,.

Bethlehem Academy .~-sauducted by the
Dominican Sisters, Faribauls. Mimi. The
course OF study embraces tao various
branches OF a solid, usefuland pA ( educa-
ton. Parents and guardians Nav rest
satisfied that every attention col.ss.saut
with the spirit OF q mild but firm govern
ment, will be paid to the young ladies
placed at this Academy. The building Is
heated by steam, and furnished with all
modern improvements. For further par.
t~iculars apply to the Superioress.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

1t is fully claimed that hard workers ear
accomplish almost twice rs much andsavt
themselves from illness ard loss of time i
they can take eight cents worth per day oil
the Moxie Nerve Food. Dealers say il:
sale is the largest ever known. II a nerv
GUS woman gets hold Of a bottle she gets
the whole neighborhood to talking about
it, and q woman's curiosity has to begrat
flied IL it costs the price OF a bonnet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
An Eneourarinr prosneet.

The Holy Angels academy, Minneapolis,
has every promise Of a very large atten,
dance this year. Those who know the
school and who rave had children attend.
ing it, always praise the excellent and thor.
ough course OF study which it affords its
pupils. 1t offers a thorough training for
young ladies at the very low rate Of $50
for the session of five months. This in
clude both board and tuition. Full par
ticulars will be furnished by the mother
superior, Holy Angels Academy, Minneapo.
lis, MINI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

Vincent Lundberg. OF Stockholm, Physi-
cian-in-Chief to the King Of Sweden, recon.
mends Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renew
er for the scalp and hair.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

is the title OF a large illustrated treatise,
by DIR. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y, sent to
any address for ten cents in stamps. 1t
successful self-treatment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

The Northern Pacific asks a rehearing
in the matter OF the indemnity OF lands.
Counsel, in their application. take excep-
ton to the recent decision OF the Secretary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01

Consumptiop-For the cure OF this dis
~tressing disease there has been no medi-
cine yet discovered that can show more
evidence OF real merit than Aliens Lung
Balsam. 25c., and S1.oo a bottle.